Outbreak of whooping cough with a high attack rate in well-vaccinated children and adolescents;Brote de tos ferina con elevada tasa de ataque en niños y adolescentes bien vacunados

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 564-567

  Torres, Joan ^a,b   Godoy, Pere ^a,b   Artigues, Antoni ^a   Codina, Gemma ^c   Bach, Pilar ^a   Mdol, Irma ^a   Duró, Maria Ángels ^d   Trilla, Carme ^d  

^a Unitat d'Epidemiologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d Àrea Bàsica de Salut de Trrega ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Health surveillance; Immunisation coverage; Incidence; Outbreaks; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERTUSSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINE FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAMPING; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; RISK; SPAIN; VACCINATION; WHOOPING COUGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052965495     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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